Oana Breen: Human Resources Manager in Santa Barbara, CA
Oana Breen
Human Resources Manager
Santa Barbara | United States
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AUTOVITALS
Human Resources Manager | 10/2019 - Current
Oversee, design, and execute all HR functions, including staffing, recruitment, benefits, compensation, payroll, training, leadership
development, succession planning, HRIS, and regulatory compliance - for California employees, remote employees in 13 other
States, and international collaborators and contractors.
- Direct all HR for US operations while collaborating with other managers, directors, and senior executives to design new business
initiatives, foster employee engagement, and develop talent. Prepared the company for scaling and grew it from 35 to 82
employees during the first year.
- Spearhead AutoVitals through rapid HR change and transformation programs, including HRIS integration, HR policies and procedures, and an Intranet project to answer HR-related FAQs, to increase employee satisfaction from 6.5 to 8.8 in 12 months.
- Integral in enabling operational change essential to a $1M reduction in HR costs facilitating redesign of core business operations;
orchestrated strategic alignment of HR with new business objectives and minimized business interruptions through the execution of workforce integration plans, including M&A workforce transition and integration.
FLYING CONSULT
HR Consultant | 01/2014 - 05/2018
Responsible for a global HR restructuring of a Flight School conglomerate - designed and implemented a global HRIS solution
restructuring HR into a single global HRIS system in 18 months. Standardized HR processes for recruitment, training, performance
Santa Barbara, California, United States
Phone: +1 386 333 1574 Email: oana.breen@gmail.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/oana-breen
evaluation and employee engagement and implementing a full PII solution that spanned the globe and remain compliant
internationally. This directly resulted in a cost savings of 50% of the global budget across divisions, while improving HR services and employee retention by 80% over the same timeframe.
- Facilitated senior-level M&A decisions, supporting initial analysis through due diligence and subsequent integration - aligned HR
processes, selected, recruited, onboarded new personnel and trained new operational HR person to take over; minimized business
interruptions through workforce execution integration plans for a $100,000 HR operational cost decrease over 6 months.
PEOPLE-CENTRIC
Human Resources Project Manager | 06/2012 - 09/2013
Responsible for directing recruitment and staffing for a start-up venture while assisting in building the company from an empty
office into a full-scale operation with 16 employees (13 staff and three management/executive personnel).
- Oversaw hiring policies, procedures, systems, and technologies to support the company's long-term growth and expansion,
leading to a net profit of $200,000 within 1 year.
- Offered outsourced HR services to diverse customers, mainly in the IT/tech/SaaS industry, ensuring that they reach their growth
and development goals - up to 400% growth in some cases. Partnered with different HR teams and multiple stakeholders to successfully attract, hire, onboard, develop, and train the right talent. Hired and trained 248 IT professionals over the course of 12
month for 46 different customers.
- Designed and executed effective onboarding programs for new hires - internal and external customers - induction training
sessions, ranging from organizational culture to local processes and prioritization, skill development, and training programs for
development and growth, increasing employee retention rate in all cases, up to 75% for some of the customers.
STAR STORAGE
Project Manager - Internal and External Communication | 05/2010 - 06/2012
Orchestrated the operational plan, including Press Release Development, Interview Management, Open Days & Product
Demonstrations, using research of human behavior and segment feedback by persona, using the insights to guide product roadmap
and create effective messaging.
- Responsible for managing various end to end communication projects - building and implementing communication plans and strategies, from internal newsletter to external communication content, in multiple languages, to facilitate growth and scaling for
the company, allowing internal customers to use similar messages in their customer interaction.
- Oversaw Integrated Marketing Communication Campaigns, focusing on launching new products and services in the target markets,
including data centers, document printing, electronic & physical archiving, direct response marketing, and product lead generation, which led to an 85% revenue increase over 2 years.
ACCENTURE
Team Leader for Spain Transition Team | 04/2008 - 04/2010
Directed the transition of all HR processes from Unilever Spain to Accenture Romania to ensure a 98% SLA for all HR services
including Resourcing, Hiring, Workforce Administration, Exit/Offboarding Processes, Compensations & Benefits, Employee Relations,
and an Employee HR Contact Centre.
- Integral in negotiating deliverables, deadlines, changes, strategies with the HR Business Partners & Service Delivery Managers to set the right HR processes and procedures in place.
- Integrated HR functions previously managed by several different departments into a single consolidated organization to manage
all generalist affairs. Trained and supervised 14 HR professionals. Developed and consistently improved work instructions for all in-
scope HR processes.